{"id":35418,"date":"2020-05-27T09:33:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-27T09:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.acnmalta.org\/?p=35418"},"modified":"2020-05-27T09:33:01","modified_gmt":"2020-05-27T09:33:01","slug":"european-bishops-raise-alarm-over-persecution-of-christians-in-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/2020\/05\/27\/european-bishops-raise-alarm-over-persecution-of-christians-in-nigeria\/","title":{"rendered":"European Bishops raise alarm over persecution of Christians in Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The European Union Episcopal Conferences Commission launched a powerful warning last week about the situation of persecution of Christian communities in Nigeria.\u00a0This entity, which brings together representatives of Catholic episcopal conferences from the 27 member states of the European Union, asks \u201cthe entire international community\u201d to \u201cprevent violence\u201d in this African country \u201cand bring criminals to justice\u201d, while also supporting \u201cvictims and promoting dialogue and peace\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This appeal, which is primarily aimed at the Member States of the European Union, comes as a result of an increasing number of cases of violence against Christians, carried out mainly by Boko Haram, a terrorist group that wants to establish a \u201ccaliphate\u201d in northeastern Nigeria, but also from the nomadic Fulani herders who have been attacking Christian farmers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This reality, which <em>Aid to the Church in Need<\/em> has frequently denounced, requires, say the European bishops, a frontal position on the part of the international community. After all, they say, &#8220;according to recent statistics, about 6,000 Nigerian Christians have been killed since 2015&#8221; which means over a thousand a year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Catholic Bishops representing the Episcopal Conferences of the 27 member countries of the European Union demand concrete measures from the international community. Measures that include the use of \u201cdiplomatic, political and financial instruments to help Nigerian authorities to stop violence, bring criminals to justice, support victims and fully include Christians\u201d in the structures of the state.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">What is happening in Nigeria is extremely serious and the denunciation of the serious violations of human rights, particularly in relation to Christians, deserves a position in the European Parliament.\u00a0This year, on 16 January, a resolution was passed condemning the most recent terrorist attacks carried out by &#8220;jihadist groups&#8221; as well as by &#8220;Fulani militants&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The European Parliament also condemned &#8220;the constant discrimination suffered by Christians in the Nigerian regions where &#8216;sharia&#8217; is applied&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.acnmalta.org\/donate\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-35305 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.acnmalta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Support-button-300x44.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"44\" srcset=\"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Support-button-300x44.jpg 300w, https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Support-button-580x85.jpg 580w, https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Support-button-600x88.jpg 600w, https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Support-button.jpg 627w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The European Union Episcopal Conferences Commission launched a powerful warning last week about the situation of persecution of Christian communities in Nigeria.\u00a0This entity, which brings together representatives of Catholic episcopal conferences from the 27 member states of the European Union, asks \u201cthe entire international community\u201d to \u201cprevent violence\u201d in this African country \u201cand bring criminals&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":35419,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e-newsletters"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - 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